Random thoughts from a few cantankerous American physicians. All contributors are board certified. Various specialties are represented here. I do not know where this will lead but hope it will at least be an enjoyable read. All of the names mentioned in this blog are pseudonyms, the ages have been changed, and in half the cases the gender as well. All photographs are published with patient consent or are digitally altered to preserve anonymity. Trust us, we're doctors.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

So is it just me, or is naming your colostomy bag weird? Does naming it "Blake" make it less weird? I thought not. I spend ten minutes in the room talking to some gal about her abdominal pain and she keeps talking about "Blake" and how often he gets "changed" and I finally had to ask because she seemed a bit old to have a kid. What the hell am I doing? Where the hell am I?

OMG, that's too funny! Of course, I was only able to laugh after I recovered from the nauseating memory of a recent hospital stay where my roommate had a colostomy bag....whenever I saw them come by to change it, I prayed I'd be able to get up and leave the room. The stench was unbearable.

Now THAT is weird. I've heard of men naming their you-know-what's and I've even heard of women naming their bosoms, but I have never heard of somebody naming a colostomy bag. (However, I'm extremely modest in "real life" aand have trouble with saying certain body part terms out loud---I can cuss like a truck driver yet I call a woman's private parts a "hoo-hoo". Guess that might be just as weird...)